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Bellerin has become interested in fashion since he moved to London from Barcelona at the age of 16 and was introduced to the clothes shops in and around Carnaby Street.

'I was really impressed of how people dressed here,' he said. 'There's a different kind of vibe, and I started getting very interested in it.

'When I was 16 I barely knew London, so I used to ask my landlady where I should go and buy clothes and stuff like that.

Bellerin has become interested in fashion since he moved to London from Barcelona at the age of 16

'She sent me around Carnaby Street, and around Covent Garden. I'm not a person that likes to wear big brands and stuff like that.

'I used to wear a lot of Hood by Air but now I've got into Off-White, and I think it's been very good since they started with Pyrex. That's probably one of the brands I like most, I've got a very nice bomber jacket from them.'

Asked to name his 'most extravagant purchase', he named his Apple Watch, and explained: 'It's probably the only thing I've bought and said after: 'Why did I buy this? I don't really need this.'

Bellerin burst into the Arsenal team last season, proved impossible to drop and has become one of the best right-backs in the Barclays Premier League.

Asked to name his 'most extravagant purchase', Spaniard Bellerin named his Apple Watch

A new contract followed, together with a higher profile, but he lives by one piece of advice about fame from his native Spain.

'Chew it, but don't swallow it,' said Bellerin. 'Even if it's nice to have people telling you all this stuff, don't believe it.

'You should always keep yourself grounded, to know where you came from, how you were when you were young and how your family lived before you. I think that was great advice.'

He will return to Barcelona with Arsenal in the Champions League for what will hopefully be his first appearance at the Nou Camp.

Bellerin lives by one piece of advice about fame from his native Spain: 'Chew it, but don't swallow it'

Bellerin said: 'I played for Barcelona for eight years, so it's a massive thing for me and my family, who have been watching me since I was young.

'The day the draw was announced I started getting texts and calls from everyone. It's crazy how a game moves so many people.

'We're very excited – it's going to be a hard game, but if we did it against Bayern Munich, then we can do it against Barcelona.

'We have a great team mentality and our confidence is very high, so we fancy anyone at the moment.'

He will go to Barcelona with Arsenal in the Champions League for what'll be his first Nou Camp appearance